Unemployed spouse (me) filing i-864 with joint sponsor... paperwork confusion!

[littlespoonsway]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on the whole application to ship my hubby over here (I'm patiently waiting for him while I live in the US), and sent the i-130 in last week... fingers crossed. I'd like to prepare the i-864 paperwork ahead of time so that I have everything straightened out. I did not earn any money for the past year and a half, so my dad is very kindly join sponsoring my hub. I realize we both need to send in an i-864 each-- the confusing part is what paperwork that I need to send it. It seems that my dad would need the past 3 years' tax returns, proof of employment (company letter?), and some sort of pay stubs or perhaps documents showing the company deposits money into his bank account. However, I don't know what I personally need. I've been reading some people sent a letter explaining their unemployment. Do I also need my most recent tax return from when I did file taxes, or anything else? I super appreciate any information since I've had difficulty researching this bit. Cheers.

 

[newacct]

You need to attach your tax return for the last year, and provide the "total income" numbers from your tax returns from the last 3 years. If you did not file a tax return for any of those years, and you were not required to file in those years because your income was below the threshold, then you attach a statement citing the filing requirements for that year from that year's Form 1040 instructions, and explaining that you were not required to file given those requirements.